Pupils Class Identities & the School - Archer et al

Question 1

What happened as a result of WC being conscious that society and schools looking down on them (symbolic violence)?

Answer 1

-led them to seek alternative ways of creating self-worth, status and values e.g. wearing brands (symbolic capital)

Question 2

How did the school oppose the new symbolic capital of working class?

Answer 2

teachers opposed ‘street styles’ and risked being labelled as rebels

Question 3

What does Archer et al argue?

Answer 3

• schools middle class habitus stigmatises working class pupils’ identities
• this leads to pupils styles struggle for recognition

Question 4

What does Archer argue about working class investment in Nike?

Answer 4

• Nike expresses their preference for a particular lifestyle
• this leads to WC pupils ‘self-elimination’ or ‘self-exclusion’ from education